Comparative and Functional Genomics
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 379317, 6 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/379317
Research Article
Evolutionary Conservation Levels of Subunits of Histone-Modifying Protein Complexes in Fungi
Agricultural Bioinformatics Research Unit, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
Received 20 August 2008; Revised 17 November 2008; Accepted 17 February 2009
Academic Editor: Graziano Pesole
Copyright © 2009 Hiromi Nishida. This is an open access article distributed under the
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